Estimating in Building Construction

8 CHAPTER ONE of the contract,thesupplementary general conditions,the working drawings,andspecifications,including all addenda i ...

Introduction to Estimating 9 During the bidding period, the lead estimator needs to be certain that the contract documents are k ...

tracked and analyzed, it will be available for future reference. Computerized cost accounting systems are very helpful in gather ...

11 CONTRACTS, BONDS, AND INSURANCE CHAPTERTWO 2–1 The Contract System Contracts may be awarded either by a single contract for t ...

12 CHAPTER TWO FIGURE 2.1.Lump-Sum Agreement. FIGURE 2.2.Typical Quantity Survey. that pertain to his or her client’s welfare. A ...

Contracts, Bonds, and Insurance 13 FIGURE 2.3.Unit Price Bid Tabulation. know the exact cost of the project until its completion ...

14 CHAPTER TWO Scope of the Work. The project, drawings, and specifi- cations are identified; the architect is listed. The contr ...

Contracts, Bonds, and Insurance 15 required to submit financial reports, experience records, pro- jects (in progress and complet ...

16 CHAPTER TWO be approved. If the contractor is below the workload limit and there is nothing unusual about the project, the ap ...

Contracts, Bonds, and Insurance 17 Web Resources http://www.sio.org Review Questions What is a single contract, and what are it ...

18 3–1 Introduction The project manual, often referred to as the specifications, is a document that accompanies the drawings and ...

FIGURE 3.1.CSI MasterFormat Divisions (2004 edition). The Numbers and Titles used in this product are from MasterFormatTMand is ...

20 CHAPTER THREE DIVISION 21 – FIRE SUPPRESSION 21 00 00 FIRE SUPPRESSION 21 10 00 WATER-BASED FIRE- SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS 21 20 0 ...

Project Manual 21 divisions of the format; their constant use will facilitate their memorization. 3–3 INVITATION TO BID (ADVERTI ...

22 CHAPTER THREE 3–4 INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS (INFORMATION FOR BIDDERS) Instructions to biddersis the document that states the pr ...

Project Manual 23 Proposals. Be sure to check exactly where the bids are being received. Be sure to check each addendum to see i ...

24 CHAPTER THREE Reject any proposal not prepared and submitted in accordance with the contract documents. These are common sti ...

Project Manual 25 actually figuring the estimate, contractors will go through the entire supplementary general conditions carefu ...

in the bid being disqualified. For subcontractor bids that are used to bid the project, the contractors should verify that the a ...

Project Manual 27 all requests for interpretations must be made in writing and state how many days before the date set for openi ...